On Friday, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee rejected a motion to disqualify Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting Donald Trump and other defendants in her 2020 election interference case. Within hours, Nathan Wade, one of Willis’ three special prosecutors and her romantic partner, resigned from the case, as the decision essentially compelled him to do.
McAfee was unsparing in his criticism of Willis and Wade’s testimony and of their serious lapses of judgment. But what matters most in McAfee’s decision is what it shows about his devotion to legal principles, not what it means for Willis and Wade.
